Where Are They Now: Season 6 EPT Barcelona Champ Carter Phillips
On October 26, 2009, Carter Phillips of North Carolina turned 21. One month before that, he won $1,216,023 by winning the Season 6 EPT Barcelona. That tournament, which attracted 428 entries and created a prize pool of €3,382,000, saw Phillips defeat a final table that included Matt Lapossie (7th - €120,000), Asa Smith (5th - €200,000) and Marc Goodwin (2nd - €500,000).
That year’s heads-up battle was one of the more memorable and lengthy in EPT Barcelona history. It began with Phillips holding 8.01 million in chips to Goodwin’s 6.37 million. The chip lead changed hands just once, but after three hours Phillips was able to reclaim it and finish the job. In the final hand, Phillips opened for 275,000 and Goodwin called, bringing about a flop of 
. Goodwin checked and then made it 1.16 million after Phillips bet 310,000. A call was made, the 
turned and Goodwin moved all in for 4.29 million. Phillips tanked for a bit before calling with the 
, which was well out in front of Goodwin’s 
. The {5h] river failed to change a thing and Phillips entered the history books.
The following year, PokerNews selected Phillips for a spot on their coveted Rookie Roundup roster, and he didn’t disappoint. The former student from UNC Charlotte that played online under the name “bdybldngpkr” ended up capturing his first gold bracelet in the 2010 WSOP Event #16 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed for $482,774. Fast forward two years and Phillips added a second bracelet to his résumé when he topped a field of 2,811 players in the 2012 WSOP Event #31 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em for $664,130. What’s more, he defeated 2009 WSOP Main Event champ Joe Cada in heads-up play to do it.
Phillips has more than $2.6 million in career tournament and continues to make his living playing poker.